Here

Analysis of Here by Philip Larkin

In Here, Larkin takes use on a journey to an unknown destination that is known as 'here''. The langage he uses creates imagery which enhances the journey and makes use feel as if we are actually there.

The title word 'here' isn't actually used in the poem until the last stanza, which builds suspense through the first stanzas on where we are heading. 
Larkin repeats 'swerving' three times in the first stanza, emphasizing the movement to make it seem like the narrator is in a rush to get away from this ugly 'gull-marked town' to get to his destination. 'Swerving' could also represent how hectic traffic is in towns and cities. 
Larkin repeatedly refers to how unattractive the town is, talking about the 'grain-scattered streets' and 'raw estates'. This shows how digusted he is by the town, and makes us more curious to see where the place is he is heading that he must actually like.

Larkin uses alliteration and sibilance in the first two stanzas, first 'skies and scarecrows, haystacks, hares'. This increases the fluidity of the movement to 'here', transporting the reader there easier.